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Current account deficit up to nearly $12b in March qtr - ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2004
Australia's current account deficit worsened again in the first three months of the year, with consumer demand for imported goods outweighing a recovery in farm exports. The deficit increased 2% to just less than $12 billion, from a revised $11.8 billion ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2004
The Australian sharemarket should struggle to make gains after falls in the blue chip stocks on Wall Street on Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average and the broader S&P 500 Index both lost ground in light trading. A report showed US consumers slowed ...

Total Aust building work done in Mar qtr falls 0.5%, adj

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2004
The value of total building work done in Australia during the March quarter fell 0.5%, seasonally adjusted. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said building work done in the March quarter was valued at $11.941 billion, seasonally adjusted, compared ...

AMP says positive Q1 cashflows continue into Q2

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2004
Australian financial services company AMP said today that the positive cashflows it recorded in the first quarter of the year had continued into the second quarter. AMP chief executive Andrew Mohl told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting ...

Westfield Trust and Westfield America provide Q1 overview

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2004
Westfield Trust today said it expected four current projects - including the $700 million Bondi shopping centre - to be completed in Australia and New Zealand by the end of calendar year 2004. The Bondi centre has already opened multiple stages, and ...

Retail managed funds grew by 3.2% in March Quarter: Assirt

Assirt Research has released its 2004 March quarter market share report measuring the size of the managed funds market. The report found the value of the retail managed funds market increased by 3.2% during the quarter to $277.2 billion from $268.5 ...

Preview - Macquarie Bank seen reporting stronger yr profit

Macquarie Bank is expected to continue its spectacular growth record when it reports annual profits on Tuesday, but analysts wonder if the momentum can continue. Another windfall of performance fees from the listed investment bank's array of specialist ...

Aust property investment recovers in March - ABS

Property investment jumped in March, new figures showed today, the first increase after four months of decline following back-to-back interest rate rises last year. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said property investors borrowed 1.9% more in March  ...

Housing finance may have finally risen in March: economists

Housing finance in Australia may have risen in March for the first time in six months, according to some economists, while others expect the nation's overheated property market to have continued to cool. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will ...

Vodafone picks Nokia to build 3G in Australia, New Zealand

Vodafone [on Monday] announced it had selected Nokia as its third generation (3G) network infrastructure partner in Australia and New Zealand. The decision has been widely touted since Nokia advertised for employees in March for a project manager, rollout ...